Narendra Modi

India’s digital divide and the consequent welfare bias

Digitalisation of government services is creating inequalities in delivery of schemes to the marginalised

Negotiating realities in frosty India-Bangladesh relations

New Delhi must deal cautiously but firmly with the Muhammad Yunus-led regime’s creeping authoritarianism

Bihar yearning for change but the election is wide open

The Bharatiya Janata Party has successfully positioned itself as the chief custodian of Indian nationalism, but that is unlikely to help it electorally in Bihar

As ties with US sour, India needs to rejig foreign policy

India has to be wary of US interests drowning its own. The US has always been a predatory power which embeds itself in regional conflicts to gain from them

The Indo-Pakistani “Phone War”: The world on the brink

Indo-Pakistani tensions mirrored a chilling mix of nationalism, miscalculations, and political games that pushed both countries dangerously close to war

India’s Indus bargain needs a cohesive strategy not coercion

Given the challenges the Indus Basin faces, India needs to weave geo-strategy with geo-ecology

Yunus’ Chinese checkers game has India on the edge

India’s worries in its neighbourhood have deepened after Muhammad Yunus’ Beijing visit last month

Inequalities of caste and contract in sewage work in Delhi-NCR

Rising contractual employment in sanitation work draws upon and reproduces historical inequalities of caste and class in urban India

Mapping India’s geography of inequality

Addressing the root causes of multidimensional deprivation requires political will, administrative efficiency, and community participation

How tariff cuts on US imports impact India’s economic growth

Lowering trade barriers can help India’s goals of self-reliance and global trade integration